I’ve divided the solution-options into three
categories:
- Technology Solutions
- Design Solutions
- Systems Solutions
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Each of these categories includes a different set of
options. Today’s emphasis is mainly on technology solutions. But
it’s doubtful that technology alone can solve the total problem. And energy demand
and emissions are only part of it. In many of the world’s cities, the whole idea of
private cars as a transportation system is on the verge of breaking down.
Technology Solutions include:
- Battery-electric cars
- Hybrid-electric cars
- Fuel cell vehicles
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We normally don’t think in terms
of actual "design" - vehicle theme and personality - as having an impact on
energy use. But it in so far as it affects peoples attitudes and choices, it actually
does. So I’ll talk a little about new vehicle types and lifestyle appeals that could
help reduce energy demand.
And there’s the idea of a systems approach to
personal mobility. So I’ll talk about the idea of re-framing our concept of
public transportation in terms of a doorstep-to-destination system - Station Cars and
Personal Rapid Transit systems.
